Originally Posted by indigo
Originally Posted by Bostonian
... Richwine's post (at a conservative journal of opinion, after all) is a reasonable summary of the report

Agreed! Provoking both thought and discussion, it serves a useful purpose.

Strongly disagree. By attributing outrageous "facts" to the original source that the original source did not say, it is not provoking thought. It's doing just the opposite. It is provoking emotion... a handy trick to employ whenever you want people to stop thinking.

I share ultramarina's disdain of the article, but not because it's bad journalism. I hold it in contempt because it's good propaganda.